Lindberg, Carter.

Love : A Brief History Through Western Christianity. - 1st ed. - 1 online resource (210 pages) - New York Academy of Sciences Series . - New York Academy of Sciences Series .

Intro -- Love: A Brief History Through Western Christianity -- Contents -- Preface -- 1 The Language of Love -- 2 Biblical Views of Love -- 3 A World Without Love? The Greco-Roman World and Early Christianity -- 4 Caritas: The Augustinian Synthesis of Biblical Agape and Hellenistic Eros -- 5 Love and the Individual: Abelard and Bernard -- 6 Mystics and Troubadours -- 7 Faith Formed by Love: Scholasticism -- 8 Faith Active in Love: Reformation -- 9 Love as Service: Pietism and the Diaconal Movements -- 10 Love in the Modern World -- Conclusion: Concluding Unscientific Postscript -- Bibliography -- Index.

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Love-Religious aspects-Christianity.


Electronic books.

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